“What kept me out of trouble is going right to the edge and then... thi...” — Bill Cosby Quote

What kept me out of trouble is going right to the edge and then... thinking that my mother would be embarrassed, and that I didn't want to embarrass her, and that my father would be embarrassed, and I just didn't want to do that to my family.

Karl Malden was a good friend of mine, and he said, 'You draw the people to you,' and I guess that's what I do.

Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.

When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.

I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.

So no, I don't think we've lost our edge at all.

We were looking almost one-tenth of the way to the edge of the universe. We're planning to use the facilities we have to make improvements by another factor of 10... a strain sensitivity that is 10 times smaller. This means looking 10 times further out into the universe.

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it.

I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.